FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program : Overview and Issues.

Reviews Federal role in disaster mitigation and outlines hazard mitigation concepts. Examines FEMA hazard mitigation grant program (HMGP), covering legislative developments since 1988, its regulatory provisions, and funding. Discusses Congressional issues, including federalism and disasters, lag bet...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster relief. Federal government. Local government. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews Federal role in disaster mitigation and outlines hazard mitigation concepts. Examines FEMA hazard mitigation grant program (HMGP), covering legislative developments since 1988, its regulatory provisions, and funding. Discusses Congressional issues, including federalism and disasters, lag between the declaration of disaster and allocation of HMGP awards, cost estimation, risk assessment and disaster prediction accuracy, HMGP consolidation, and assistance to small businesses.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.